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Louisa’s Communication Coaching Journey
This week's blog has been written by London Speech Workshop Senior Coach Theo about his client Louisa and their journey together. Please note clients name has been changed in order to preserve confidentiality. ...
Published: November 11, 2015
How To Use Gesture To Your Advantage
Jamie Chapman, one of our Principal Coaches shares with us a story of one of his clients’ fantastic transformations that landed her the dream job. “When Rachel came for an Elocution and...
Published: September 25, 2015
6 Techniques to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety
Glossophobia, the fear of public speaking, is greater than the fear of death for 75% of us. It affects everyone from CEO to student, manager to marketer. Too many of us are...
Published: August 21, 2015
LSW’s communication tips for each Labour Leadership candidate
With the Labour Leadership contest hotting up with as many surprises, plot changes and startling character developments as a heart-thudding novel, we thought it was time to put the spotlight on the four contenders...
Published: August 11, 2015
Authentic Speech: What Does It Mean And Why Should You Care?
We all know what inauthentic communication looks and sounds like. Whether it’s a politician from an elite background trying to mimic a Northern working class accent to “get on the voters’ level”, or...
Published: July 23, 2015
How To Eliminate Negative Internal Voices
“The more a person allows the critical voice to affect the way they speak, the more they retreat inwards, away from good communication.” Last week I ran a workshop in Glasgow for...
Published: May 21, 2015
Authentic Communication At Work
Last night I went to a talk on authenticity in the work place. Some of it was good, and some really good. And unsurprisingly, given the subject matter of the talk, the moments that...
Published: February 19, 2015
Amy Cuddy — Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are
Is it possible to turn your nerves into swagger in just two minutes? In one of the most popular Ted Talk’s of all time, Amy Cuddy explores the science of body language...
Published: January 9, 2015
Leadership At Work: Why Would Anyone Want To Be Led By You?
This week, we’re asking you to answer this terrifying question, as expertly discussed by the Harvard Business Review - Why would anyone want to be led by you? If you want to silence a room...
Published: November 17, 2014
Communication… It Isn’t Just What We Hear And Say…
Words, words, words… let’s face it, it’s difficult to communicate without them! However, important though words undoubtedly are—they are not the be all and end all of our communication. What makes an...
Published: November 3, 2014